Koi-Koi

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D/C: I own nothing.

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"A cover-up? This goes aga-"

"I know, dammit! I need you… ugh… We need you to cover up what happened here to protect those involved… If news got out unlicensed heroes used their quirks without the proper documents, even if, the situation called for it, all of them would be persecuted and their possible futures of becoming pro-heroes… without this dangling over their heads…" Tsunade Senju, aka Slug Princess or as she is better known as The Legendary Sucker, the now… the former head of Konoha Shinobi Academy. She bit her tongue back and bowed deeply to the Worlds Number #1 Pro-Hero. Her advisors, close colleagues and so many others followed her actions, all of them silently pleading for the hero's help. "As the Head of K.S.A., I will take full responsibility for what happened, but I will not allow my students to take the fall for doing everything in their power to protect not only their loved ones but also their home."

"…If it weren't for the fact you saved my life after… that fight and everyone was miraculously brought back to life… I would have allowed things go with how things as of right now. Even so, I find it extremely commendable that such young heroes in training to do everything in their power to take the call of doing what every hero should do. All heroes in my eyes…"

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"All Might defeated the Leader of the Akatsuki in an epic fight…"

"It appeared, despite the damage… there is no death count except for the Leader…"

"Massive struggle…"

"It is noted unlicensed quirk users from K.S.A. were part of the battle. However, they were working on defense and evacuating civilians, under the direct order of Slug Princess. She is taking full responsibility for their actions as their part of the invasion…"

"Slug's hero license, along with several others, have been temporarily suspended…"

"KSA has been destroyed, even it is built up again, it will remain closed until a full investigation is done. Even so, reconstruction will be primarily focused on rebuilding the Village of Konoha…"

"Fortunately, schools all over Japan have opened their doors for students of K.S.A. until a decision is made or to remain there if…"

"All records of the attack are concealed to protect those involved…"

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Shikamaru Nara started at his reflection in the bathroom's mirror. Memories kept replaying in his mind, rethinking of all the strategies and wondering what would have happened if he had done something different. With a heavy sigh, he grabbed a hair tie from his back pocket and a brush that was placed on top of the sink. He brushed his hair upward to tie up his hair in a typical manner his family his known for. Seeing that his hair looked presentable, he checked on his uniform… he hates the U.A. uniform. He misses K.S.A.'s uniform…no matter how much he once nagged about it…

With a grumble under his breath, Shikamaru left the bathroom and walked through the tiny yet modest apartment to head over to the kitchen. He and his roommates had recently moved in due to having to switch schools and they needed to find a place that's closer to their new school. With how things are going back home, it's better off for them to stay in the small apartment until… everything gets cleared up back home. Until then, the three have to divvy up with the allowance that is sent to them by their respective families.

'Choji's allowance will make up our food bill… Ino will take care of our phone and necessary necessities…and I'll deal with the rent and random crap.' Shikamaru pulled out a small leather-bound notebook and a pencil that looked like a small branch or twig. He made a breakdown of what he and his friends are going to buy or pay for their time in the city. 'At least I managed to find my secret pile of cash… it will pay for up to six months of rent with will al-"

"Shikamaru! I can't find my hair ties!"

'We need more hair ties…' Shikamaru flipped a page and wrote down the item.

"Shikamaru… could we make a quick stop to get snacks?"

'And snacks…'

-.-

Izuku Midoriya called out to his mom as he closed the door behind himself. It was another school day and he was looking forward to it. He paused when he saw the door from the apartment next door suddenly open. Far as he knew, that apartment has been vacant for an uncertain amount of time. When did they get new neighbors?

"Shikamaru! Give me your hair tie! I can't find any of mine!" Someone called from inside the apartment. Female.

"What a drag…" A teen that looked to be Izuku's age walked out of the apartment, untying his hair tie which caused the hair to spike out in different angles. No wonder he kept it tied…

What caught Izuku's student attention is the fact the other teen is wearing a U.A. uniform. New student? No, not this late and break is almost close. Perhaps this Shikamaru character moved in with his family and is part of general or support classes? Maybe.

"You're rambling."

"Huh? AH!" Izuku let out a screech at the fact he got caught staring at the new neighbors and felt embarrassment run through him. Of course, it occurred during his habit of projecting out his thoughts. "Sorry… I just… I didn't know we have neighbors and I never saw you around U.A. either…"

Izuku shook his head in an attempt to clear his head, he reached out his hand towards the other teen's direction. "I'm Midoriya Izuku."

"Nara Shikamaru." Shikamaru lazily shook Izuku's hand, considering it to be too much trouble. However, from that single handshake, he could tell a lot about the green-haired teen. The let go of each other's hands and the Nara leaned against the railing with a tired sigh. "My friends and I are transferring to U.A. … You go there right?"

"I do!" Izuku's back straightened, his earlier thoughts being more or less right and wrong. "If you want, I could take you and your friends to U.A.? I mean, if you want to of course! I don't want to overst-"

"Shikamaru, hair tie."

Izuku eyes widened when he saw a long-haired blonde walked out Shikamaru's apartment, also wearing a U.A.'s uniform. He watched as the blonde took a hair tie from Shikamaru's outstretched hand and promptly tied up her hair.

"Don't lose it, Ino. It's my last one." Shikamaru grumbled.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Ino snorted, she promptly fixed her hair in her preferred style. She saw Shikamaru pull out his notebook and promptly asked. "You wrote everything down? I don't want to end up coming back and we forgot something?"

"Groceries, toilet paper, dish soap, laundry detergent, hair ties… We have to make sure they are good decent material. I don't like those with elastic in them… not as useful." Shikamaru scratched his head, grumbling at his ever-untamable hair. The reason why he preferred it to keep it tied. However, the scratching caused some hair to fall over his face. "What a drag…"

"Choji, hurry up! We have to go!" Ino called out into the apartment. It appeared she didn't take notice of Izuku.

Izuku blinked several times as he saw another teen also dressed in the same school uniform, he couldn't hold back a smile as the… the larger teen kept apologizing to his friends as he carried three backpacks filled to the brim. With what? Who knows.

"I'm sorry, I'm nervous and I overeat when I'm ner-"

Shikamaru covered Ino's mouth before she could say anything rash. "We know, so are w-Ow! Ino blasted woman!"

Shikamaru pulled his hand away from Ino to see the troublesome woman had left him with a bite mark. 'At least she didn't draw blood…'

"Oh, hush, you shouldn't have done that in the first place. Now…you!"

"Me?" Izuku nearly jumped out of his own shoes when Ino pointed at him with an expression of complete hysteria.

"Yes, yes you." Ino walked toward Izuku, a smile ever-present on her lightly glossed lips. She raised her hand towards Izuku's face and took a soft hold on his chin so that he looked directly into her eyes. "Could you show us the way to U.A. We are ne…Hello? I think I lost him?"

"Tch… you didn't even use your quirk on him."

"I know! Now how are we going to get to U.A.!"

-.-

Izuku shifted nervously in his seat, waiting for class to start. He… doesn't remember arriving at the school. He remembers suddenly waving goodbye to Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji before he walked into the school. Something about them having a teacher escort them in with their needed paperwork and I.D. cards. No memory of getting from point A to point B.

Maybe one of them has a quirk that erases memories or something of that sort? If so, how did it happened? Oh! Physical Touch! Yes, that is a high possibility that happened…oh no… What if they read or got deep into his mind! Or… was it one of the others who were the cause of his temporary amnesia? It is a massive possibility of that being the reason for it!

Izuku pulled out his notebook and began to write down whatever information he got from meeting Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi. The only thing he got is possible mind control or erasing memories. He was going to write something down when he took a deeper look into the names.

Shikamaru Nara

Ino Yamanaka

Choji Akimichi

Izuku slammed his fist against his desk as the realization hit him. "InoShikaCho! That would explain so…wait… that wouldn't make sense. There are several generations of InoShikaCho, compromising of three individuals from each family to create a super combo superhero team. They are known to going to an extremely private school up north, in their home village. Why would they be transferring here?"

"InoShikaCho? I take it you didn't hear what happened, Izuko…"

Izuku broke out of his ramblings to looked up to see Ojiro, he wore he could see deep circles around his eyes. "Heard about what? What happened?"

Ojiro used the heel of his right arm to rub his right eye. "…I'm not surprised you don't know about it. It happened when we were under attack at U.S.J…. Anyway, what brought up InoShikaCho?"

"InoShikaCho? Pro-Hero group #14, amazing heroes, they specialize in stalling villains and search and rescue. Highly sought after but always maintain close to home." Tenya interjected, hearing the spectacular name of a highly knowledgeable group of pro-heroes who share the same rank. "I take it you heard what happened to their home village?"

"Er… no, what happened? Is everything okay?"

"I don't know the full details… the media has mainly been covering what has been happening to us and just showing the bare minimum of what occurred to Konoha." Ojiro answered with a frown on his face.

"Apparently someone blew up the village… but the only death is the main villain."

"…What? How?"

"That's the funny part… No o-"

Izuku mouth nearly hung open as he listened to his classmates began to go over what they know that had occurred to Konoha and their 'infamous' Hero Academy. How did this not make national news? In bold letters! Then again… the school has been dealing with its own issues… so many issues. What stood out is the fact that apparently, All Might managed to defeat the villains and to change the mind of the leader to do something grand. Whatever that was, sure has been something if the place is just a giant crater now…

Plus… nothing was adding up. It was clear the media is holding back on information and something even bigger had occurred…

The timing was too convenient…

And… All Might wasn't even at the location for this story to work out fully. Sure, there are small windows of opportunity this story to stick together but still…

The door slid open to reveal their homeroom teacher. Everyone quickly shuffled to their seats and said good morning to him.

"I have news…" Aizawa yawned out, but everyone in the room could pick up how tense he was and the room began to feel tense. News coming from him is never good news. "We got three new transfer students…"

Pause…

The class erupted between cheers and loud whispers, all of them wondering who their new classmates are. That would explain why there are three extra seats in the classroom though…

"Is one of them a girl? I hope it is! We need more girls!"

"I wonder if she's hot?"

"You better not scare any of them off, Mineta!"

"I wonder which school they're transferring from."

"Ugh… fucking great, more morons."

"You can come in now…" Aizawa called out, only just loud enough for whoever was standing outside the classroom.

The door opened and everyone held their breaths. Walking in are three teens their age all wearing the typical school uniform. Some of the boys began to swoon over the lone female in the trio while some of the girls began to giggle at the boys.

"Introduce yourselves…"

"Yamanaka Ino-"

"Nara Shikamaru-"

"Akimichi Choji-"

"Please take care of us!" The trio said in the same time, Ino grabbed hold of the boy's ties to make the bow along with her as they introduced themselves.

Before anyone could say anything, Ino bowed deeper towards Izuku's direction. "Izuku Midoriya, I humbly apologize for using my quirk on you. We needed directions to the school, and you were out of commission. In my family's name, I promise you that I will not use my quirk on your until a certain time arises for it."

Izuku blushed brightly as everyone turned their gazes towards him, several of his male classmates looked at him with jealousy. Their minds went one way or another, and they were assuming the worse… or the best depending on how one looks at it.

"What the fuck did you do to the nerd?" Katsuki cursed out to the new kid.

"If you guys want to talk about quirks, do it at another time." Aizawa interrupted any more possible questions. He really wanted to lay down in his sleeping bag and fall asleep. "We have a big day ahead of us. You three…. Pick whatever seats that are available."

The seats that were available were behind Momo, Shoto, and Rikido. With that, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji made way to their seats. One particular grape haired shape student attempt to grab the attention of Ino but was met with resistance when Momo smacked him with her book. "I said don't scare them."

"But I wanted to introduce myself to her…"

"What a drag. Ino switch seats with Choji."

"Long as it's far away from the perv. Move over Choji!"

"Please stop pulling my hair Ino…"

It quickly became clear the three transfer students have a long history together as they made small jabs at each other and were… comfortable in each other's presence. Unlike some people they know…

Shikamaru stretched out his arms across his new desk, ignoring everything around him. A good bunch of his new classmates began to throw out questions towards his and the other's direction. Luckily for him, Ino took center stage and answered to the best of her ability. All the while dancing around the subject on what exactly is her quirk and what exactly she did to Izuku.

'I want to go back home…' Shikamaru thought to himself as he let out a yawn. He didn't bother paying attention when someone new walked into the classroom, making everyone to go quiet again. He was so preoccupied in his own thoughts, that it was until the teen sitting in front of him had his hand extended out to hand him a small poster board.

Shikamaru took it with an audible thanks and began to wonder what today's activity is going to be.

"Today… you will be picking your hero names!"

"Oh, no…."

To be continued…

R/R.